Thursday will be sunny and less humid than it has been, and our NBC Connecticut meteorologists are tracking Hurricane Lee and its potential impacts here in Connecticut.
The latest update on Hurricane Lee puts it as a Category 1 storm with winds of 90 miles per hour. Lee will continue moving to the north, making a close approach to Bermuda.
The forecast track has continued an eastward trend, which is good news for us.
After a sunny day with seasonable temperatures in the 70s on Thursday, clouds from Hurricane Lee will start to move into the state Friday afternoon, we'll also notice the wind start to pick up.
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It will be cloudy Friday and Saturday with increasing winds with gusts of 25 to 35 miles per hour and possibly 40 miles per hour along the Interstate 395 corridor.
The rainfall will stay east of Connecticut and we will have beautiful weather for the next seven to 10 days.
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Eversource said it is preparing and placing equipment and crews at work centers around the state to be ready to respond to whatever the storm may bring.
The company said by Friday afternoon, they will have 500 line workers ready to deal with any outages, as well as 250 tree crews to handle any issues with downed trees on wires.
A tropical storm watch has been issued from Watch Hill, Rhode Island to the Canadian border, with a hurricane watch in effect for Down East Maine. Cape Cod and the Islands have been upgraded to a Tropical Storm Warning.
If you're planning to head to Cape Cod this weekend, more significant impacts are expected farther east. Flooding could also be an issue there with a storm surge watch in effect.
In addition to the storm surge potential, there will be extremely rough surf with very large waves over 15 feet off the coast of Nantucket and the Cape.
The biggest impacts we could see in Connecticut will be windy conditions, especially in eastern areas of the state. It looks like the rainfall will stay east of us, along with the strongest winds.
Get more on the forecast here.
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